The Unshod Man
Everything started at the lighthouse bar, during Booz's concert. Ben, the trumpet player, dies onstage. The next day, his wife Esther places Ben's trumpet on his grave and taking Booz's hand, she says: Now you must take care of me.
Everything started at the lighthouse bar, during Booz's concert. Ben, the trumpet player, dies onstage. The next day, his wife Esther places Ben's trumpet on his grave and taking Booz's hand, she says: Now you must take care of me.
Cheikh Lô
Boos
Maylis Guiard-Schmid
Esther
Oumou Sy
Zoglad
Mamadou Diongue
Ben
Maadu Diabaté
Le pianiste
Everything started at the lighthouse bar, during Booz's concert. Ben, the trumpet player, dies onstage. The next day, his wife Esther places Ben's trumpet on his grave and taking Booz's hand, she says: Now you must take care of me.
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